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B.R.A. LITERARY JOURNAL

Belfast Royal Academy has launched its very first ‘Literary Journal’, a collection of work from the members of the B.R.A. Creative Writing Club. Contributors were asked to submit any form or genre of writing, including poems, flash fiction, short stories and even a Shakespearean monologue!

The booklet costs £1 and can be purchased in school from Miss Herron in LL10.

Extracts:

The Expressionist’s Realism

To wake up one morning,Marching to the beat of one’s right hemisphereFeeling Pablo Picasso abstract like a tilted frame to a perfectionist.

Watercolours splattered over the window; the downpour from last Starry NightLeft streaks of Monet pastel blues dish-washed by the Great Wave of HokusaiOne recreates The Scream in motion.

A hateful self-portrait due to one’s lost artOne shall lose an ear if tugged so awfully in distraughtFour walls without one canvas equals nought.

Within the glazed pages lie charcoal sketches in an eye’s abyss shadeNo Mona Lisa, just LisaBut with the charm of The Artist’s GardenPainted with a palette of arterial red.

The Thinker thinks of following footprints;To search so long all limbs feel deadOne’s cheeks to colour a deep cherry redWhen one realises they left it back through The Gates of Hell.

I wish we were taught at The School of AthensTo look after one’s art folderTo not feel the excruciating pain,Of the shades of one’s heart turning colder.

Eva Clarke 3SH2

My Island

I want to sail on an island,Where hibiscus flowers grow,And endless waters stretch beyondThe view of Venus and Mars.

Time stops on this island;I am the only soul here.My companions are retrievers beneathGolden coats and lapping tongues,Their ebullience contagious.

Among the vast redwood trees,Hardy lavender and fragrant roseSlumber by streams and logs.

When the sun begins to sink,And Asteria awakens her children,The sky is alight with dancing fireAnd darkness is aFadingMemory.